Hyperlinks to interesting articles on computing
General
Decoding the Value of Computer Science
(in Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 2010)
Overview of Computers
(wikipedia)
Computer program
(wikipedia)
Personal Computer
(wikipedia)
How PC's Work
(How Stuff Works)
Notes on how a Hypothetical Computer Works
Memory/Storage
Notes on Memory/Storage
How Computer Memory Works
(how stuff works)
How Removable Storage Works
(how stuff works)
How Hard Disks Work
(how stuff works)
How CD's Work
(how stuff works)
How DVD's Work
(how stuff works)
Representation of Data
How Bits and Bytes Work
(how stuff works)
How Boolean Logic Works
(how stuff works)
Numeral Systems
Positional notation
(wikipedia)
ASCII
and
Unicode
(character encoding standards) (wikipedia)
ASCII table and related links
David Eck's Data Representation Lab
(Scroll down the page and click on the "Launch DataReps" button.)
Why are there so many image formats on the Web?
(how stuff works)
Why are my digital photograph files so huge ...?
(how stuff works)
How Analog and Digital Recordings Work
(how stuff works)
Notes on Data Representation/Encoding
Internet-related
Notes on the Internet
A Brief History of the Internet
(by Aimee O'Driscoll)
A Brief History of the Internet
(by Leiner, Cerf, Clark, Kahn, Kleinrock, ...)
A Brief History of the Internet & Related Networks
(by Vint Cerf)
How LAN (local area network) Switches Work
(how stuff works)
How Internet Infrastructure Works
(how stuff works)
How Routers Work
(how stuff works)
How Web Servers Work
(how stuff works)
How Web Pages Work
(how stuff works)
How Domain Name Servers Work
(how stuff works)
How Internet Search Engines Work
(how stuff works)
System Software
Notes on Software, especially Operating Systems
How BIOS Works
(how stuff works)
How Operating Systems Work
(how stuff works)
Malicious Software (Malware)
Notes on Malware
Malware
(wikipedia)
Computer Viruses
(wikipedia)
How Computer Viruses Work
(how stuff works)